Our Lord next warned against hypocrisy and outward show in religious duties...
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It is taken for granted that all who are disciples of Christ pray...
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Christ saw it needful to show his disciples what must commonly be the matter and method of their prayer...
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Religious fasting is a duty required of the disciples of Christ, but it is not so much a duty itself, as a means to dispose us for other duties...
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Worldly-mindedness is a common and fatal symptom of hypocrisy, for by no sin can Satan have a surer and faster hold of the soul, under the cloak of a profession of religion...
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There is scarcely any sin against which our Lord Jesus more warns his disciples, than disquieting, distracting, distrustful cares about the things of this life...
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